Early Trade Rumours 2023

[EasternWest]

Look forward to Port forums pondering if playing Sweet is the bold move that the coach needs to make to turn their season around

That's gold, Jerry. Gold.

[Grantysghost]

There will be lots out there expecting a decent return. Even at first I was thinking stand alone 3rd or F3rd round pick until I looked at previous trades.

A little birdy told me Pruess was worth pick 31.

https://www.draftguru.com.au/trades/2020-braydon-preuss

[GVGjr]

Like English was?
The poor decision made was going after Lobb. Meant English was only going to ruck. Yes he had an AA year but weren?t a better a side because of it and we will never know if a Sweet/English combination would have worked. Even a Grundy/English combination.

English had a very good season and the team benefited from his arrival but it took a number of years to get him to that point.
It's a very physically position to fill so it seems like a good idea to have an emerging ruckman coming through.

[Mantis]

We have some templates in 2021 when Fort, Ceglar and Lynch all switched teams who are all probably comparable to what Sweet's output is now. They went for pick upgrades. We are not getting much at all via trade.

All of the players mentioned went to fill a role as back up rucks hence the cost was low. All the commentary around Sweet is that he?ll be their no. 1 ruck.

I?d be pushing for a pick in the high 20?s - low 30?s.

[Happy Days]

I wanna get a pick like that pick we gave Freo for Lobb for no reason back.

[chef]

What's Sweets contract situation like?

[EasternWest]

What's Sweets contract situation like?

Absolutely no way of knowing.

[bornadog]

What's Sweets contract situation like?

Out of contract

[Grantysghost]

What's Sweets contract situation like?

He's out of contract.

https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...ontract-Status

[EasternWest]

What's Sweets contract situation like?

Out of contract

He's out of contract.

https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...ontract-Status

[G-Mo77]

All of the players mentioned went to fill a role as back up rucks hence the cost was low. All the commentary around Sweet is that he?ll be their no. 1 ruck.

I?d be pushing for a pick in the high 20?s - low 30?s.

Hope so! I'd be pretty bummed if we just ended up with upgrades. I've always been a believer in Sweet and think he'll do well given a chance.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

He's out of contract.

https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showth...ontract-Status

Yep..if only there was some way we could find out
I guess we'll just never really know

[bulldogtragic]

All of the players mentioned went to fill a role as back up rucks hence the cost was low. All the commentary around Sweet is that he?ll be their no. 1 ruck.

I?d be pushing for a pick in the high 20?s - low 30?s.

Right now they have Collingwood 2nd & Freo 3rd & Their 4th - and deals to do for Sweet, BZT & Rata.

He won’t get to them in the PSD you’d think. Freo’s third outright will be about Pick 45 or so if there’s a couple of FA compo picks pushing it out. I think the Melbourne 4th we have is useless for points so we could send that back.

A left field suggestion, is if we rated one of their free agents. Say Riley Bonner as an example only, as he’s a theoretical TOB replacement. Pay them just enough to score second round/end of second round compo. Then just happen to get that pick in the 30’s for Sweet.

Sweet for Bonner & 30’s Pick (just the small salary bump cost to us).

In all, not the greatest trading partner situation he’s picked.

[bornadog]

DOGS SET FOR BUSY OFF-SEASON

THE WESTERN Bulldogs are hopeful that an active off-season will inject new life into their premiership push next year, with the club looking to immediately bounce back from missing the finals in 2023.

The Dogs endured a disappointing campaign this season, their first without finals in five years, but have the ability to get flexible with list spots and are in contention to leap up the draft order and snare Gold Coast's available No.4 selection.

The club has also been linked with uncontracted Brisbane forward Kai Lohmann and Melbourne free agent James Jordon, while likely first-round pick Jordan Croft is also headed to the Dogs under father-son rules after a solid season as a 201cm key forward prospect.

Speaking on AFL.com.au's trade and draft show Gettable last week, the Dogs' list and recruiting boss Sam Power said it put the club in a good position to attack the player movement market in the coming months.

"We're open to being active," Power said.

"We've got a lot of flexibility at the moment, with list spots and what we might be able to do. We've got a really open mind as well, whether that's through the trade period or through the draft.

"Going into every acquisition period, we want to improve the list and get better. But we won't go out and bring a lot of players in just for the sake of doing it. It'll be very targeted, which we have been over a period of time now and pretty balanced as well in terms of whether that's through the trade period or draft." – Riley Beveridge

[GVGjr]

The James Jordon speculation might indicate that Melbourne are struggling with salary cap pressure. He's a regular player for them and I'd welcome him in a big way. He's coming off a quieter year so I wonder what Melbourne would expect for him?